Guillaume Francois Antoine de L'Hopital was born in Paris, France in the year 1661 into a noble family under the rule of King Louis XIV. This was during the time of French expansion and colonialism throughout the world. L'Hopital's parents noticed his mathematical talents when he was just a boy, "It is reported that when he was only fifteen years of age he solved, much to the surprise of his elders, a problem on the cycloid which had been put forward by Pascal." (Robinson 2002). For a time in his youth he served as an officer in the French cavalry, but was forced to resign due to his nearsightedness. He would later go on to become one of the most famous French mathematicians in history.
The seventeenth century marks the dawn of a number of truly great and influential French scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers. Early in the century Rene Descartes invented…...
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John the Baptist
A biography of someone is a written account of a person's life, according to the American Heritage Dictionary. Using the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as translated in The New Oxford Annotated Bible 3rd edition, one is able to recreate the life of a man called John the Baptist. hile each Gospel treats the story of John's life in a similar fashion, each varies in the depth of detail given to John's life.
The Gospel of Matthew tells us that "In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." (3:1, 2) One knows nothing about John prior to this proclamation. Matthew describes John's appearance and notes that many were going to him to be baptized in the river Jordan. Jesus was one of those who went to the river to be baptized. John…...
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Coogan, Michael J. Ed. The New Oxford Annotated Bible. 3rd Edition. Oxford UP. 2001.
war hero? hat are the personal qualities that transcend an ordinary individual into someone who does something that other people find particularly brave or extraordinary?
In the movies and novels these individuals are pictured as charismatic rebels who overcome all the odds to excel but researchers who have actually studied real life heroes have found the heroes are not all cut from the same cloth. They are not all charismatic macho types. They have found that quiet, reserved types can also fit the mold and become heroes. One of the researchers, Brian ansink of Cornell University, said of heroes, "e often think of the gung-ho, John ayne 'Sands of Iwo Jima' kind of hero driven to combat, but there's a whole lot these heroes that are much more along the lines of that Captain Miller character Tom Hanks played in 'Saving Private Ryan' -- the reluctant high school English teacher…...
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Glendinning, Richard. Stubby, Brave Soldier Dog. Bel Air, CA: Garrard Publishing Co., 1978.
Lemish, Michael G. War Dogs: A History of Loyalty and Heroism. Herndon, VA: Potomac Books, 1999.
Wansink, Brian and Colin Payne and Koert van Ittersum . "Profiling the Heroic Leader: Empirical Lessons from Combat-Decorated Veterans of World War II." Leadership Quarterly (2008): 547-555.
Biography of someone who served in WWI
Archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon
Biography Of Archaelogist Kathleen Kenyon
To many it might be understood that it was actually predictable that Kathleen Kenyon could possibly turn into one of the great women archaeologists throughout all of the 20th century. She was born on January 5, 1906, Kathleen was the eldest daughter of well-known theological intellectual Sir Frederick Kenyon, who was beyond 20 years administrator of the British Arts center. Sometime down the road her father's daughter, Kathleen came up with the exact same appreciation of order and charm with a lot of detail -- qualities that demonstrated valuable over the years. However, likewise like her father, she was distant and not one to representative. These last individualities would obstruct her aptitude to efficiently examine and present her discoveries. ith that said, this essay will give the reader a glimpse of the life history Archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon.
History of Kathleen Kenyon
Kathleen's coming on the…...
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Callaway, Joseph A. "Dame Kathleen Kenyon, 1906 -1978." 125-126. New York: Penguin, 2005.
Davis, Miriam. "Dame Kathleen Kenyon: Digging Up the Holy Land." 304. Walnut Creek (CA): Left Coast Press, 2006.
Herr, Larry G. "W.F. Albright and the History of Pottery in Palestine." Near Eastern Archaeology 13, no. 6 (2002): 56-67.
Herr, Larry G. "W.F. Albright and the History of Pottery in Palestine",." 22-56. New York: NEA, 2002.
Sociological Imagination:
An analysis of the biography of a friend
According to the sociologist C. right Mills, the sociological imagination is a deep and visceral understanding of how our personal experiences relate to factors present in larger society. "The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals" (Mills 3). The sociological imagination is meant to be a liberating concept, a way of connecting the dots between atomized anecdotes in one's personal life and the larger sweep of society and history. Sometimes it can be very frustrating and lonely to feel as though our personal experiences exist in isolation and have no greater meaning outside of our own sphere. The sociological imagination helps us make connections between 'the self' and experiences of others beyond those of our immediate family. I can…...
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Mills, C. Wright. "The Promise. " 1959. 2 Nov 2014.
http://www.sjsu.edu/people/guadalupe.salazar/courses/anth233/s1/Mills,%20the%20Promise.pdf
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Facebook, An Exemplar of Good Leadership
Today, nearly a billion users access their Facebook accounts on a daily basis (Facebook corporate profile, 2015), and this company continues to experience sustained growth due in large part to the enlightened leadership of its founder and chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerbreg. To gain some new insights about this corporate leader, this paper reviews the relevant literature to determine how Zuckerberg inspires the workers and managers at Facebook to emulate the positive attributes that have been reported in the leader's profile. A summary of the research and important findings concerning the leadership of Mark Zuckerberg's and its impact on Facebook's success to date are provided in the conclusion.
Overview of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook
The youngest billionaire in the world, Mark Zuckerberg leveraged an idea for a new way to allow people to connect with each other and share…...
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Kux, S. (2014). 10 reasons why 99% of Facebook employees love Mark Zuckerberg. Lifehack. Retrieved from http://www.lifehack.org/304933/8-companies-with-best-cultures-that-you-may-want-join .
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Cleopatra of Egypt is perhaps one of the most well-known of all historical figures and yet what is "known" about her, is mostly from Hollywood movies, books, and plays. Most records about the queen were written long after she had passed away and so, much of what is accepted as fact is really conjecture or acceptance of the validity of documentation written as much as a century after the events they describe. The "real" Cleopatra may never be known. hat historians do know to be factual proves that the woman was far more intelligent, far more cunning, and far more interesting than the greedy and gorgeous sexual predator that she has been portrayed as by many actresses for more than 500 years.
Cleopatra, daughter of Ptolemy XII, was made co-ruler of Egypt with her 10-year-old brother Ptolemy XIII when their father died. Married to her younger brother, Cleopatra determined to become…...
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Chauveau, Michel. Cleopatra: Beyond the Myth. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2002. Print.
Jones, Prudence J. Cleopatra: the Last Pharaoh. London: Haus, 2006. Print.
Roller, Duane W. Cleopatra: a Biography. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2010. Print.
1970's, in an era acknowledged far and wide as the renaissance of American filmmaking, hardly any filmmaker enjoyed the degree of prominence that obert Altman did. Altman was an iconoclast, and his art severely altered, if not undermined, moviemaking conventions. Altman revived, as well as parodied, musical, Western, and crime drama genres. He openly challenged the sterile pretense that was mainstream cinema by developing a world of cinema that was strikingly expansive and intentionally messy, bursting with characters, plot lines, images, and sounds. Famous for his innovative brand of improvisational and overlapping dialogue, and recognized as a master of contemporary camera technique, obert Altman's overly idealistic career has, at best, been bumpy. However, he is still a key personage of modern cinema, and a true individualist responsible for several defining motion films of his era (obert Altman, n.d.). obert Altman's background, the start of his career, the similarity in…...
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Murray, N. (2011, June 23). Robert Altman. Retrieved July 8, 2015 from http://www.avclub.com/article/robert-altman-57945
Robert Altman. (n.d.). Retrieved July 8, 2015 from http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/79456/Robert-Altman/biography
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Sarah Moore Grimke
Judith Neis' writes of Sarah Moore Grimke, "It is not accidental that it was a Southern woman, born in the heart of the Southern aristocratic ideal, who first traced the pattern of racial and sexual prejudice in America," (30). Grimke's remarkable life is recounted in Neis' brief biography. Grimke grew up in a wealthy slaveholding family in South Carolina. Her father, the chief justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, owned hundreds of slaves and several different properties throughout the state. Sarah's mother likewise came from a gentrified class, forging a power marriage that thrust Sarah into the way of life of an aristocratic southern female. However, from an early age Sarah mistrusted and rebelled against slavery. Her first overt act of disobedience against the established order was when, at eight years old, she started to teacher her black servant how to read and write. "She was…...
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Nies, Judith. "Sarah Moore Grimke." Seven Women: Portraits from the American Radical Tradition. 1977.
World War II Nurse, Frances Payne Bolton
This paper presents a detailed biography of the World War II Nurse, Frances Payne Bolton. The writer examines her life as a youngster and a young adult, which led her to the nursing career she made such a difference in. The writer describes the improvements that Bolton made as well as the positions that she held during her illustrious life. There were ten sources used to complete this paper.
Biography of Frances Payne Bolton
The field of nursing has seen some major changes over the years. Before the era of WWII nurses were viewed with about the same level of expertise as a candy striper. Nurses were dispensing meds and cleaning out bedpans but their skills and intelligence were not really utilized on the job. Because of the inability to expand their job or the expectations of their job the filed stagnated for many years.…...
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Schwartz, Karen A. A Study of the Relationship of Caregiving Appraisal to Depressive Symptomatology and Home Care Utilization; Journal of Community Health Nursing - Vol. 16
Jackson, Kathi (1999). They Called Them Angels: American Military Nurses of World War II. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
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Bob Kuhn is renowned as one of the best artists due to his work in wildlife art unlike many artists. Kuhn's popularity is mainly attributed to the fact that his art is considered as having the capability to capture its viewers into the very midst of the secret place of nature and nearly into animals' minds. Actually, Bob Kuhn is one of the leading painters of wildfire or animals that are shown in dramatic action. He is unique and different from animal painters, especially modern painters of African and North American wildlife, due to his ability to catch the presence of animals in motion. His devotion to the work of drawing or painting was inspired by several exhibitions. Generally, his drawings were not only integral to his art but also acted as masterpieces of design, observation, and invention. In essence, Bob Kuhn's paintings served as the building blocks upon which…...
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"Bob Kuhn Biography." (n.d.). Altermann Galleries & Auctioneers. Retrieved June 8, 2014,
from http://www.altermann.com/gallery/pages/a586y.htm
"Bob Kuhn: Drawing on Instinct." (2014). San Antonio Museum of Art. Retrieved June 8, 2014,
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David McDonald; Jose Antonio Navarro: In search of the American Dream in Nineteenth Century Texas
McDonald, D. (2010). Jose Antonio Navarro: In search of the American Dream in Nineteenth
Century Texas, Denton: Texas State Historical Association.
The portrait which emerges of Jose Antonio Navarro in David McDonald's historical biography Jose Antonio Navarro: In search of the American Dream in Nineteenth Century Texas is intended to be a complex and nuanced one. In the past, two polarized points-of-view of the Texas legislator have tended to dominate the political discourse. One is the traditional portrait of Navarro as a true Texas patriot, based upon his role in establishing an independent Texan state and shaping the legislation of Texas throughout the duration of his political career. The other is the view that Navarro was a collaborator with the enemy and should have aligned himself with Mexicans vs. Anglos: McDonald's support of the slave trade and…...
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David McDonald. (2015). Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved from:
http://www.tshaonline.org/publications/people/739-david-mcdonald
McDonald, D. (2010). Jose Antonio Navarro: In search of the American Dream in Nineteenth
Century Texas, Denton: Texas State Historical Association.
John F. Kennedy: A Biography by Michael O'Brien
The purpose of writing this report is to critically analyze and interpret the biography of John F. Kennedy written by O'Brien in his book "John F. Kennedy: A Biography by Michael O'Brien." John F. Kennedy is one of the well-known Presidents of America who proved to be a legend in the American history and was assassinated four decades back in Dallas.
The writer of this book, Michael O'Brien, is a retired professor of history from University of Wisconsin -- Fox Valley and writer of biographies of several other political personalities like Joseph McCarthy and Philip Hart. One specialty of O'Brien is his ability to tell stories; he is an impressive story teller. His story telling ability has allowed him to write this biography in such a way that it keeps the reader entertained and engaged throughout the book. He has made this book narrative…...
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Pedersons, W. (2004). O'Brien, Michael. John F. Kennedy: a Biography, Book Review. Library Journal. December 1, 2004
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Stalin: A Political iography, 2ND Edition, by Isaac Deutscher
Stalin: A Political iography, 2nd Edition was written by Isaac Deutscher and published in the United States in 1967. Deutscher was a Polish Communist journalist living in London, England, who published the first edition of this work in 1949 while Stalin was in power and published the second edition 14 years after Stalin's death. The book focuses on Stalin's political achievements and gives a historically factual account of the Russian revolutions, the olsheviks, the Proletariat and the Soviet people in order to explain Stalin. Though the book seems objective in its historical accuracy, the author too easily excuses Stalin's many brutal and opportunistic actions, and gives Stalin too much credit for some Soviet advances. Nevertheless, the book is worth reading, so long as it is read with later, tougher books that give a more accurate picture of Stalin and the Soviet Union.
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Mariah Carey - Biography
Mariah Carey was born on Long Island, New York, on the 27th of March, 1969. She was born of mixed ethnicities: Her mother was Irish-American (Patricia Hickey) and her father, Alfred Roy Carey, was Venezuelan and African-American, hence the beautiful bronze tone of her skin. Her mother was a vocal coach and had sung opera in New York City; so her mother was very helpful in getting Mariah started as a singer. According to a biography in Newsmakers (Gale Biography in Context) during her youth, Mariah was fond of music by Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie onder (Newsmakers, 1991, p. 2).
Mariah is quoted in the Newsmakers article -- she talked about the influence of her mother in Seventeen: "I knew from watching and listening to my mom that singing could and would be my profession." She added, "[Mother] had to tear me away from the radio…...
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Louis XIV and Charles II were both monarchs at the time of significant civic unrest and allegations of government overreach and abuse, and, as such, they have many similarities. However, the differences between the two monarchs are notable as well. The individual differences may not be as meaningful as understanding their differences when placed into the context of the French and English monarchies and also what was happening in their countries during their reign.
Charles II was the king of England after a bloody English civil war that resulted in the execution of his father Charles....
Gandhi is one of the most fascinating people in all of recent history. An advocate of passive resistance, he not only helped free India from British oppression, but also inspired the 1960s Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Gandhi’s work is so well-known that his name has become synonymous with both peace and leadership. However, his personal life was marred by some controversies, suggesting that even great men can have terrible flaws. We cannot possibly tell you all about Gandhi in a few paragraphs; his life and his life’s work....
The Cinderella fairy tale is one that is familiar to most readers. However, there are several different versions of this fairy tale. While the Grimm Brothers are credited with creating many modern fairy tales, this is inaccurate. Rather than create the fairy tales, they simply wrote down fairy tales as they existed. Two familiar stories telling the same tale are Cinderella by Charles Perrault and Ashputtle by the Grimm Brothers. While they are telling similar tales, there are some significant differences in these two stories.
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I. Introduction
A. Brief overview of Jane Austen's life and works
B. Thesis statement highlighting the impact of her writings on literature and society
II. Early Life and Education
A. Background information on Austen's family and upbringing
B. Education and role of reading and writing in her childhood
III. Career as a Novelist
A. Overview of Austen's most famous works
B. Analysis of themes and characters in her novels
C. Public reception and criticism of her writing during her lifetime
IV. Influence on Literature and Society
A. Legacy of Austen's novels in English literature
B. Discussion of the portrayal of gender roles and....
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